Tear stains are eye problems caused by a variety of reasons, and have a certain relationship with variety, eye and ear diseases, and diet. Like VIPs, the most common than bears, inverted eyelashes, eye inflammation can also be caused by tear stains.
Diet causes tear stains
Diet-induced tear stains are mainly due to abnormalities in the gastrointestinal tract and liver.
Indigestion
The undigested excess protein of the small intestine enters the large intestine and is decomposed by harmful bacteria, producing odor and some metabolic wastes. These metabolic wastes pass through the blood to the whole body and stimulate the eyes to secrete tears and secretions. On the one hand, they block the nasolacrimal duct, on the other hand, the amount of tears increases, causing tear stains.
Liver function abnormality
The redness of tear stains is due to porphyrin, an iron-containing waste product produced by the rupture of red blood cells in the body, which appears red in color. It is excreted mainly through urine, saliva and tears.
The eyes discharge tears. After drying, the porphyrin in the tears dyed the hair around the eyes red. The liver is the main part of synthesis and utilization of porphyrin. If the liver function is abnormal, the porphyrin discharged from the tears will increase, resulting in the increase of tear stain color.
What foods can help eliminate tear stains?
Therefore, if you want to solve the tear stains by adjusting the dog's diet, you must start with increasing digestibility, adjusting intestinal function, and repairing liver function.
Choose foods that are more digestible
1 Raw food> fresh cooked food> processed food
2 High Water Content Canned> Dry Dog Food
3 Dog Food High in Meat Protein> Dog Food High in Vegetable Protein
Many owners responded that the dog's tear stains were reduced after eating homemade food, because homemade food is fresh, the dog's digestion rate is high, and it is not easy to get angry after eating, so the tear stains are relieved.
When choosing dog food, you can feed dry food with wet food.
Choose dog food with high meat content and avoid choosing dog food with high protein but poor quality ingredients, because most of the protein in such dog food is provided by plants and is not easy to digest.
The liver is rich in iron, but many dogs are prone to red tears after eating, so dog liver with tear stains should eat less.
Benefictive bacteria can also secrete a large number of digestive enzymes to help digestion, which is an indispensable part of intestinal digestion.
When feeding new food, strictly implement the food change procedure to give gastrointestinal adaptation time. If it is a dog with sensitive constitution, avoid choosing dog food that is easy to cause allergy, and choose staple food with low sensitivity and no grain formula.
Choose natural foods that have health effects on the liver and intestines
Milk thistle: one of the ingredients commonly used in the treatment of liver disease, a small amount of food can play a role in health care.
Chlorophyll: antioxidant, conditioning stomach.
Dietary adjustments can only be part of the tear stain problem, and daily eye care is needed to make the dog have a clean and refreshing face.
